Sundowners at the Yacht Club

The Yacht Club in Dar Es Salaam is a fabulous place to spend a Friday evening with a drink in your hand. Okay, being a Borderline Alkie's wife, I shall re-phrase that. Anyplace is a good place to spend a Friday evening with a drink in your hand!

Seriously though….its great at the club. Not because the building itself is anything to go nuts over. No - it’s the view that's unbelievable.

The clean, graceful lines of the yachts, the blazing Tanzanian sun setting on the horizon and the sound of a local band belting out such hits as Lionel Ritchie's All Night Long (hey, I never said they were current hits!) combine to make it a memorable experience.

The sunset lasts less than 10 minutes though. Encouraged by Girlfriend I tried to capture the last few moments before the sun said good bye that night and this is what I came up with:





To be honest, I'm really surprised that the picture turned out so well. It looks almost like a painting. Just goes to show that if you take your camera eveywhere, keep clicking and keep annoying everyone around you, chances are you'll eventually produce a decent picture!